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A related question: What is the least random Mario Party? We often end up playing this when friends come over since I guess I'm the only one who feels like it's too random for anyone to meaningfully "win."
Not to rain on anyone's parade or anything, I'm glad you all and others have fun with it, I just would like to see if there's a version that's more like it's a game of skill than chance.
Or maybe I just want WarioWare...
I love the random. Its the best part of it. I kick everyone's ass every mini game then the game says "lol u loser" and someone else wins. They get their win so they want to play again, they get their chance to rub it in, but underneath it all, unspoken, is the fact that I definitely won.
I've seen that, so yeah, I get it. But I've also see the game award bonus stars or other random finger-on-the-scale benefits to the player in the lead, which can be even more demoralizing to those that lose. I don't think it's Mario Kart rubber band mechanics, unfortunately.